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thanatophile

thanatophile noun: a person fascinated with death and death-related subjects, often sexually.

Noun

thanatophile (plural thanatophiles)

  1. A person fascinated with death and death-related subjects, often sexually.

Forms of thanatophile

pluralthanatophiles

Origin of thanatophile

From thanato- + -phile.

Questions about thanatophile

What does thanatophile mean?
Thanatophile means a person fascinated with death and death-related subjects, often sexually.
What part of speech is thanatophile?
Thanatophile is a noun.
What is the plural of thanatophile?
The plural of thanatophile is thanatophiles.

Words near thanatophile in the dictionary

  1. thanatomicrobiome
  2. thanatomicrobiomic
  3. thanatomimesis
  4. thanatomimetic
  5. Thanatophidia
  6. thanatophile
  7. thanatophiles
  8. thanatophilia
  9. thanatophilic
  10. thanatophobe
  11. thanatophobes

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